Three tidal developers, Orbital Marine Power, SABELLA and Sustainable Marine Energy (SME), have joined forces as a Tidal Alliance at OEE2020. The Tidal Alliance is the result of industry players believing in the potential of the sector to be both a climate-friendly solution and an economic opportuni
SmartBay Ireland is collaborating on the RESOURCECODE project with an international consortium of businesses and Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) test sites. The project is led by the European Marine Energy Centre and aims to create an integrated marine data toolbox that will enable developers of ocean
Marine Power Systems is seeking a design engineer to join its team and help achieve the company’s vision of clean, affordable, reliable renewable marine energy. The candidate should have expertise in the assembly as well as maintenance of very large, complex systems within CAD. The design engineer w
Possibilities to map and monitor the ocean remain restricted due to limitations with existing ocean observing technologies, including energy constraints. As a result, the US Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) teamed up to spur technology innovation which can
Scottish engineering firm Malin Group has called on the UK and Scottish governments to create “crucial connections” which will determine the commercial future of wave and tidal stream energy. The call comes after two decades in which government incentives have failed to produce commercially viable p
Swedish wave energy developer Waves4Power will install its WaveEL system at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in 2021. The company has secured EU Interreg Ocean Demo grant, giving it access to EMEC’s power-connected test berths for three years. The grant also allows Waves4Power to deliver and
Orkney-based marine renewables contractor Leask Marine will see its engineer Elsa Ramírez run for one of the Scottish Renewables Young Professionals Green Energy Awards. Elsa Ramírez serves as Leask Marine lead designer and project engineer/manager on new construction and tool development projects s
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Nadine Robinson to lead its strategy on environmental sustainability. Robinson is a policy professional with over 20 years experience advising on climate change, environment and sustainability. She has worked in the private sector
The DTOceanPlus project partners have just finalised the implementation of standalone alpha versions for the different tools and modules. The tools are for the selection, development and deployment of ocean energy systems. The project partners will now check the code of each tool and module leading
French marine energy developer Sabella is looking for a project engineer to integrate the team of around 25 engineers. The project engineer will support project and pre-project managers in carrying out their work, with the support of internal technical design offices. The position also requires proj
The Marine Energy Wales Conference has a new scheduled date for January 2021 in North Wales. The annual event will now take place in Venue Cymru, Llandudno over two days: 27 -28 January 2021. The largest marine energy event in the UK will showcase Welsh industry in the wave, tidal and floating offsh
EMEC has opened a consultation on the revised decommissioning programme for Magallanes Renovables’ 2 MW ATIR platform. Magallanes has secured support through the Horizon 2020 MaRINET2 programme for the ATIR platform, deployed at EMEC’s Fall of Warness test site, and therefore requested consent from
Bombora has joined forces with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Marine Energy Engineering Centre of Excellence (MEECE) in Wales to launch a floating wave technology research project. The research will carry out a techno-economic appraisal of extending Bombora’s mWave technology into an
The Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN) project and Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) are staging a webinar on standardisation and certification for offshore renewables. The event will be held on 19 May 2020 from 10 to 11:30 am CEST. Standards and associated certification schemes can support the develo
